Flooring-block.



. www wow W. MASILLAN.

FLOORING BLOCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY16. 1911.

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FLOORING-BLOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr". 8, 1919.

Application led May 16, 1917. Seria1No. 169,056.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MASILLAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Raymond, in the county of Pacific, State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Flooring-Block; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to floor blocks, and seeks to provide, as one of its objects, a floor block made from small pieces of lumber that would otherwise be waste.

Another object is to provide a. floor block made from small pieces of lumber and so shaped that it may be used in conjunction with a separate tongue.

Other objects will appear in the detailed description which follows.

The drawings illustrate certain forms of the invention and the speciication details certain uses but to neither of these is the invention to be restricted. The right is reserved to vary the shape or size of the disclosed forms to any extent compatible with the spirit of the appended claim and to utilize the invention in any place where its use may be of service.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan of the block.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. l

Fig. 3 is a plan showing the assembly of several of the blocks.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the tongue used in conjunction with the blocks.

Referring to the drawings l designates the blocks, each block has longitudinal grooves 5 in which the tongue 6 is adapted to fit. This tongue `6 may be of the same material as the block or it may be made of metal, preferably the latter. The tongue 6 is provided with uniformly spaced projections 7 on one face and centrally through these projections and through the tongue the nail holes 8 are formed. The projections 7 are designed to be of the same thickness as the bottom walls of the grooves 5, each of these ,joottom walls being cut away as indicated at 9 and l0 to make room for the projections '7 when the blocks 4.- are assembled to form a floor. The projections l() are L-shaped7 and one coperates with another to form a recess for the reception of the projection 7.

From a consideration of Fig. 3 it is apparent how the blocks 4 may be laid. The tongues are secured to a sub-ooring or to sheathing on the outside of a house by nails which pass through the holes 8. The tongues are thus securely held in place and serve to hold the blocks 4 into whose grooves 5 they project.

What is claimed is:

In improvements in floor construction, the combination with a plurality of elongated tongues in parallelism and spaced apart, of a plurality of blocks arranged in rows in the spaces between the tongues, the opposite longitudinal edges of said blocks being provided with grooves, the centers of the under walls of said grooves having notches, said grooves adapted to receive the tongues, the under parts of said tongues being provided with uniformly spaced projections to enter said notches, means passing through said tongues and through said projections for securing the tongues to a floor base, the ends of the under walls of the grooves having L shaped notches, which, when the blocks are in rows form notches similar to the first notches, to receive other of said projections.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM MASILLAN.

Witnesses:

C. W. REED, FLOYD L. Lnwrs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. O. 

